Polak's playing future in doubt after tram accident

[jono]

Posted Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:14pm AEST
Updated Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:03pm AEST


Richmond footballer Graham Polak has suspected brain injuries and his playing future is in doubt after he was hit by a tram in Melbourne last night.

Richmond says Polak's condition has improved but he remains in an induced coma at The Alfred Hospital.

full article... Polak's playing future in doubt after tram accident - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[jono]

12:36 PM Mon 30 June, 2008
DOCTORS are pleased with the progress of Richmond's Graham Polak.

Polak was hit by a tram in Melbourne on Saturday night, leaving him with brain injuries. He remained in a serious but stable condition on Monday in The Alfred Hospital's trauma unit.

full article... Official Website of the Australian Football League Doctors pleased with Polak's progress

[jono]

June 30, 2008

RICHMOND AFL player Graham Polak, who was hit by a tram in Melbourne on Saturday night, has been brought out of a medically induced coma, Fox Sports News has reported

full article... Polak makes 'pleasing' progress - FOX SPORTS - Fox Sports

[jono]

this is good news that hes awake and responsive now.
all the best to him in his recovery

[Burgs]

RICHMOND AFL player Graham Polak, who was hit by a tram in Melbourne on Saturday night, had asked to be put back into a medically induced coma.
Doctors were confused until they realised he had amnesia and thought he still played for the Fremantle Dockers. Polak later revealed that being under was better than suffering the imagined reality of playing for his ailing former Club.

All the best dude, stick to tackling other players!

[BLR]

....he wanted to be put into a coma because he had amnesia? Are you kidding me?

[Flamethrower]

I heard that story as well

[jono]

hadnt heard that one.
but when i posted the articles the one about him waking up had just been posted.
give me a minute

[jono]

thats sick burgs...

[Flamethrower]

Polak likely to make full recovery - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[Flamethrower]

Polak moved from intensive care
1st July 2008, 15:05 WST

Richmond defender Graham Polak has asked for water and taken his first assisted steps as he continues his remarkable recovery from brain injuries suffered when he was hit by a tram on Saturday.

Polak has walked to the shower and spoken briefly from his general ward bed after being transferred from intensive care at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital.

The 24-year-old awoke from an induced coma on Monday after suffering brain bruising when he was hit by the tram while crossing Dandenong Road in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale.

Full story; Polak moved from intensive care : thewest.com.au

[force addict]

poor bloke, even if he does play AFL i hope he does recover

[JediKnight]

Don't they teach you how to cross the road (or tram tracks) at school any more?

Look left, look right, look left again. Then, if nothing's coming it is safe to cross. You got to watch those trams though.....they can sneak up on you, especially at 11pm!!!

Hope he makes a full recovery & comes back to Docker-land where there aren't any trams to worry about (yet!).

[force addict]

don't u wanna look right a few more times coz that is the direction that the cars are coming in?

[Swee_82]

don't u wanna look right a few more times coz that is the direction that the cars are coming in?

Yep.. I'm pretty sure that's what Yamba the Ant tells us to do.

Then again, Yamba doesn't have to worry about trams either.